Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FANCIES AND FADS OF FASHION

By Julia Bottomley

Afternoon Frock of Taffeta One might believe that everything that can be done has been done so far as taffeta afternoon gowns are concerned. They have had a tremendous vogue and it is only by oddities in drapery or coloring or cut that any newcomer among them can hope for • second glance. But designers are resourceful and they have seen to it that their last models in taffeta embody clever new touches to compel us to admire and envy their originality. The gown pictured above manages to confine its fullness at the waist by means of narrow plaits laid close together. At the right of the back a cascade drapery is placed made of plaited silk, over a long hanging loop of a width of it. The wide girdle, ornamented with a broad stripe of embroidery, is finished with a deep fringe on the bias end. This hangs at the left, balancing the drapery at the

right. The skeleton waist of silk is worn over an underbodice and sleeves of crepe. The cape collar is of crepe also. A pretty onepiece of taffeta is made in one piece with the full blouse and straight skirt shirred over a narrow band at the waistline. It fastens at the front with three buttoned straps above the waistline and two b&Iow. The sleeves are cut in the regular fashion and widen toward the band, where they are shirred over a band, forming a hanging puff at the elbow. Deep saddlebag pockets are shirred to the skirt at each side. Long rows of small silk-covered buttons are set on the side seams of the skirt at the center of the pockets. They outline the collar, which opens in a “V" at the front and flares outward at the sides and back. It is made of the taffeta. These small buttons are set in the bodice, in , close rows, where the sleeves are let in. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed with a band covered with shirred silk.